Seeds of Destiny 29 October 2018 Devotional: The Relationship between Sin and Prayer

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Topic: The Relationship between Sin and Prayer [Seeds of Destiny 29 October 2018 Devotional]

Scripture: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Proverbs 15:8

Thought For The Day: Those who pray more sin less and those who pray less sin more.

Prayer is a solemn request for help or an expression of desire and affection to God; Prayer is an act of communicating with God.

It is important to know that prayer cannot be effective until the matter of sin has been dwelt with.

The truth is, prayer and sin are mutually exclusive. They are diametrically opposed. They don’t co-exist. The decision to sin is a decision against prayer and the decision to pray is a decision against sin.

Prayer keeps people from sin and sin keeps people from praying. Those who pray more sin less and those who pray less sin more. One of the major agendas of sin is to launch an attack on the prayer life of a person.

For instance, when a person has smoked cigarette, drunk alcohol, committed immorality, taken money or something he/she was not given, told a lie, etc., the flow of prayer from such person’s mouth would be a struggle, except he/she is a chronic hypocrite. The Presence of God around that life would be lost.

Beloved, the greatest loss in life is not the loss of money, friendship or a job; the greatest loss in life is the loss of the Presence of God and relationship with the Creator. It is an eternal loss! But that shall not be your portion, in Jesus’ Name.

Remember This: Those who pray more sin less and those who pray less sin more.

Assignments:
1. Confess and repent of any sin in your life.
2. Always maintain a healthy relationship with God; do not be too big to ask God for mercy
3. Ensure that your prayer life is alive; never go a day or a week without fasting or praying, it is risky.

Prayer: Lord, I ask for Your mercy in any area I have fallen short of Your glory. Grant me the grace to maintain a buoyant relationship with You. I refuse to live with a fireless prayer life, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRAYER AND SIN

Quote: Sin is an attack on spirituality. And an attack on a person’s life is an attack on his relationship with God. Culled from PRINCIPLES AND POWER OF PRAYER by Dr. Paul Enenche

Daily Reading: Lamentations 1:1 to 2:22, Philemon 1 to 25, Psalm 101:1 to 8, Proverbs 26:20

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Today In History: 29/10/1998 – The oldest known copy of Archimedes’ work sold for $2 million at a New York auction.

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Also Read: Click HERE to read Other Inspirational Messages by Pastor Paul Enenche“

Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities

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Megachurch Sex Assault Like Bill Hybels, Andy Savage Making Forgiveness Hard: Christian Students

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Megachurch Sex Assault Like Bill Hybels, Andy Savage Making Forgiveness Hard: Christian Students

(Screenshot: Willow Creek Community Church)Bill Hybels, pastor and founder of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., announces his resignation at a church family meeting on Tuesday April 10, 2018.

Christian students have admitted that sexual assault stories concerning megachurch leaders are making God’s call for forgiveness challenging.

A small survey from the Christian Pepperdine University in California published on Wednesday found that as many as 71 percent of the 50 respondents said that there are exceptions to God’s call “to forgive those who trespass against us.”

Less than a quarter, or 22 percent, argued that there are no exceptions to the calling in the Lord’s prayer.

The Pepperdine University Graphic said that part of that narrative concerns the #MeToo movement, including the numerous stories of sexual assault allegations concerning megachurch pastors.

One prominent case identified was Highpoint Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who resigned from his position earlier this year following decades-old allegations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, though he claimed the incident was consensual.

The other high-profile case revolved around Bill Hybels, founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, who also resigned earlier this year…

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Fans applaud Christian singer Lauren Daigle’s prime-time TV performance

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Fans applaud Christian singer Lauren Daigle’s prime-time TV performance

The 27 year old Christian musician sung her track ‘Still Rolling Stones’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show – a popular talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres.

Footage of the singer-song writer’s rendition has been viewed one-and-a-half million times since it was shared on YouTube.

 

One Twitter user said: “So, so, so proud of you Lauren Daigle!!! LOVE that we had someone who loves Jesus on Ellen!!”

Another tweeted: “Let’s go Lauren!!!!! Representing love and Jesus in mainstream. Mad respect.”

Someone else added: “What an amazing opportunity to share your gift on the Ellen Show!”

 

Taken from her latest album, ‘Still Rolling Stones’ features in its chorus the words: “All at once, I came alive. This beating heart, these open eyes.

“The grave let go. The darkness should have known. You’re still rolling stones.”

Last month, Premier reported how the Louisiana musician reached third place in the American album chart with ‘Look Up Child’.

Her track ‘You Say’ also featured on BBC radio DJ Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 list in association with Apple Music’s World Record playlist.

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Bob Jones, Gay Bishop, Puritan Missionary to Native Americans

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Bob Jones, Gay Bishop, Puritan Missionary to Native Americans

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Archbishop Justin Welby condemns ‘hatred’ behind deadly synagogue attack

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Archbishop Justin Welby condemns ‘hatred’ behind deadly synagogue attack

Eight men and three women died in the incident which targeted the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the weekend.

Most Rev Justin Welby said: “We stand together in deep sorrow and prayer with Jewish people everywhere as they mourn the victims of the Pittsburgh attacks.

 

“Such hatred is found globally and historically and must be resisted globally and eternally.”

The victims had been attending a baby naming service when shots were fired. A man has been arrested and charged with 29 offences.

Leading prayers on Sunday in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, the pope said: “In reality, all of us are wounded by this inhuman act of violence

AP Photo/Matt Rourke

 

The pontiff prayed for God “to help us to extinguish the flames of hatred that develop in our societies, reinforcing the sense of humanity, respect for life and civil and moral values.”

The suspect, named as Robert Gregory Bowers, has been charged with 30 offences; eleven counts of criminal homicide, six counts of aggravated assault and 13 counts of ethnic intimidation.

Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

 

The incident was described by the leader of the Anti-Defamation League as the deadliest attack on Jews in US history.

US President Donald Trump ordered staff at federal buildings across the United States to lower flags down to half-mast in respect for the…

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The 2 Churches You Should Visit When in Detroit

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The 2 Churches You Should Visit When in Detroit

(Photo by Dennis Lennox)St. John’s Episcopal Church, one of Detroit’s finest churches.

I recently wrote about Detroit’s turnaround and how the Motor City has rapidly transformed itself.

There is so much to experience — great restaurants, an incredible variety of architecture, a world-class art museum — notwithstanding the very real challenges that have created a city of two Detroits.

Among the things to see are numerous old churches, which are reminders of how rich Detroit was from the late 19th century through the 1950s.

In no particular order are the following two churches, which are my favorites in a city full of spires and crosses:

Ecumenical Theological Seminary

Originally built in 1889 for First Presbyterian Church — at the time Michigan’s oldest Protestant congregation — the cruciform-shaped edifice, built of beautiful Lake Superior red sandstone, is Detroit’s finest extant example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

The style, briefly fashionable in the late Victorian era but overshadowed by ecclesiastical Gothic Revival, gets its name from prominent architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Richardson and those who imitated his signature style, known for its bold Norman or Romanesque arches, designed both churches and secular buildings.

First Presbyterian Church-turned-Ecumenical Theological Seminary is the work of George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice, better known as the Mason & Rice architectural firm. The duo is credited with countless churches, private residences, train depots and even the iconic Grand Hotel, also known as America’s summer palace, on Mackinac Island.

For me,…

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Fans applaud Christian singer Lauren Daigle’s prime-time TV slot

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Fans applaud Christian singer Lauren Daigle’s prime-time TV slot

The 27 year old Christian musician sung her track ‘Still Rolling Stones’ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show – a popular talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights.

Footage of the singer-song writer’s rendition has been viewed one-and-a-half million times since it was shared on YouTube.

 

One Twitter user said: “So, so, so proud of you Lauren Daigle!!! LOVE that we had someone who loves Jesus on Ellen!!”

Another tweeted: “Let’s go Lauren!!!!! Representing love and Jesus in mainstream. Mad respect.”

Someone else added: “What an amazing opportunity to share your gift on the Ellen Show!”

 

Taken from her latest album, ‘Still Rolling Stones’ features in its chorus the words: “All at once, I came alive. This beating heart, these open eyes.

“The grave let go. The darkness should have known. You’re still rolling stones.”

Not everyone approved Lauren’s appearance on the show. One Facebook user commented: “I am very saddened by this – she had been my favorite [sic] artist.”

Another wrote: “SAD that you Lauren Daigle would “fall” for recognition in the wrong way…”

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TV talent show accused of silencing ex-gay contestant’s testimony

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TV talent show accused of silencing ex-gay contestant’s testimony

A pre-audition interview Matthew Grech gave to X Factor Malta last week disappeared from Facebook and YouTube, as critics complained it should never have been aired on television.

The singer also said same-sex marriage was a sin, during an interview which opponents said amounted to advertising gay conversion therapy on a state-funded TV channel – TVM.

 

The Maltese Equality Minister, Helena Dalli was quoted by the Lovin Malta news website as saying: “That interview should never have been aired in the first place.

“It did untold damage to our efforts to change social attitudes towards minorities, including LGBTQ youths.

“Gay youths don’t need forgiveness or healing, they need understanding.”

A statement released by television show bosses and seen by the Malta Independent website said footage of Grech’s interview was not intended to cause offence, nor did it reflect the opinions of show producers.

 

But, a writer in Britain associated with the campaign and advocacy group Christian Concern said there was danger the experiences of people like Grech will be “censored” by “LGBT voices”.

Carys Moseley said: “According to the Maltese press, LGBT activists and their allies managed to get the video clip of the interview taken off Facebook and YouTube within minutes.

“They also slammed the judges of X Factor Malta for not criticising Matthew Grech’s comments about homosexuality…

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Americans Spend More Money on Pet Halloween Costumes Than Reaching Lost: Missions Expert

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Americans Spend More Money on Pet Halloween Costumes Than Reaching Lost: Missions Expert

(PHOTO: SCREENGRAB/FACEBOOK)Andrew Scott, president of OM USA, speaks at the “Rethink Church/Rethink Mission” event at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Va., on Oct. 12.

In recent years, Americans have spent more money buying Halloween costumes for their pets than the amount given to reach the unreached, Andrew Scott, president of Operation Mobilization U.S. has revealed.

As part of the Rethink Church | Rethink Mission Conference held at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia, Scott, author of the book Scatter, pointed out that the average Christian household gives about 2 percent of their income to Christian causes. Of that 2 percent, only 5 percent leaves the country, and only 1 percent of that goes to changing the reality of those that have little or no access to the Gospel.

“We spend more money every year on Halloween costumes for our pets than we do on reaching the least of these,” he said. “We have to take a step back and say, ‘What is happening in our world today, and what should we do as a result?’ We need to rethink our models and we need to rethink our message.”

Scott, who has served in the mission field for over 20 years, said that while God is undeniably doing “amazing things all around the world,” there are still 2.8 billion unreached people today. In fact,…

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New neighbour Simon Cowell ‘finds it hilarious he might bump into the pope’

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New neighbour Simon Cowell ‘finds it hilarious he might bump into the pope’

It is understood the reality television show judge and producer has bought a seven-bed mansion close to the diplomatic office of the Holy See in Wimbledon, south west London.

Referring to the 59 year old, a source told The Sun newspaper: “He finds it hilarious that he might bump into Pope Francis.”

 

Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have both stayed at the Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain building on Parkside.

Cowell – who fathered a son, Eric, with girlfriend American model Lauren Silverman – is keen to move out of central London, according to The Sun.

The media mogul has been the target of two break-ins, including a stalker hiding on a shelf in his walk-in wardrobe in 2012.

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

 

The couple are going to splash out £1.3 million on renovations at their new property outside Zone 1.

The source added: “Lauren has hired a team of interior designers to make it super-light, clean and minimalist.”

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